ESL+Strategies+that+work+for+all!


 * We know that ESL strategies not only help our ELL students but ALL students!!! Below is a collection of some of those strategies. Feel free to add more!!!!**


 * January 7, 2013 PD Instructions: [[file:Using Technology to Enhance ESL Strategies.pdf]]**


 * Template: [[file:ESL Strategy Lesson Plan using Technology.doc]]**


 * Post your plans here:** NMS ESL Strategy Lesson Plan Share

= = = 5 Ways to Use Virtual Media to Enhance Comprehension for ALL students! =

1. Use media and/or captions to introduce and have students demonstrate understanding of vocabulary. 2. Encourage listening and speaking with engaging online tools. 3. Use digital media as pre-reading strategies to prepare students to read any text. 4. Create a digital vocabulary field trip to introduce a unit or to gauge understanding by asking students to make connections between words. 5. Using online tools to encourage student writing and demonstrating their understanding of a unit or concept.
 * [|Photocabulary]
 * [|Wordia]
 * [|Project Photocabulary]
 * [|Vocabulary Flash Cards]
 * [|Blabberize]
 * [|A Teacher's Blog about using Blabberize in the classroom]
 * [|Voice Thread]
 * [|Getting Started with Voice Thread in the classroom]
 * [|Wordle]
 * [|A Couple of Ideas...]
 * [|Virtual Field Trips]
 * [|Tools for Creating a Virtual Field Trip]
 * [|Story Bird]
 * [|How to use Storybird in the classroom]
 * [|My E Book!]
 * [|Wall Wisher]

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District LEP Strategies: []

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